Slip-tongue attachment.



N. 634,605. Patented Oct. Iyilg'.

- D. BAHDUA.

SLIP TONVGUE ATTACHMENT. (Application med Aug. 21, 1899.5

mo Modem 'so a practically UNITED STATES,

DANIEL BARDUA,

OF MACK, OHIO.

SLIP-TONGUE ATTACHMENT,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters' Parent No. 634,605, aatea'ofober- 1o, 1899.'

' 1 applichi@ nd .llagas 21,1899.'y semina. 727,909. (nomas.)

To all whom, tm/ay concern,.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL BARDUA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mack, inthe county of Hamilton and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slip-Tongue Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention comprises a slip-tongue attachment capable of being readily and securely applied to the ordinary clips of a front axle of a vehicle after the shafts or thills have been detached from said clips. Said attach-A ment includes a single undivided curved 'iron or bow, substantially semicircular in plan, and having at its rear ends eyes for the re: cept-ion of bolts, Wherewith said bow is quickly coupled to the aforesaid axle-clips. Secured to the front or mid-length of this bow is a longitudinal socket,withiu which the'butt-end of a tongue or pole. can be readily fastened, and mounted upon this socket is a transverse plate that lsupports a pivoted doubletree.'

By simply withdrawing a pin the pole is free to be slipped out of the socket before running the vehicle into a stable,'and after bod-jV ily uncoupling the attachmenta pair of shafts can be fastened to the axle-clips, as herein? after more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is -a plan of my slip-tongue attachment, a pole being omitted therefrom and the position Vof a doubletree indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical sect-ion of said attachment, the section being taken through the center of the socket and the butt-end of a pole being fastened within said socket. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of the socket, said section being taken inthe plane of the doubletree-pivot. Fig/i is an elevation of the front end ofthe socket.

A represents the front axle of a vehicle,

and ct a. are clips for the attachment to said axle of a pair of shafts or thills in the usual manner.

B is a single undivided angle-iron, bent to semicircular shape and having Aat its rear ends eyes b b for the reception of bolts lC C', that couple this bow to the clips n a'. Secured upon this bow and at its midlength is the pole-socket above referred to, the principal members of said socket being cheek-plates D D',that curve up and are then projected forward, the rear ends of these plates being bent laterally at d d' to enable their rm attachment to said iron B.' Furthermore, these cheek-plates are not parallel, but converge toward the rearof the socket in order that a tapering butt-end of a pole or tongue may wedge therein when the team is backed. The front ends of the cheek-plates are formed into vertical eyes E E', as shown in Fig. 4f, for the passage of bolts e e',that clamp an u pper cross-bar F and a lower cross-bar F" to said plates, this lower bar F being provided with integral braces f f'-, that diverge rear vvardly and` are fastened to the bow B. The

upper cross-bar F has an'integral rearwardlyprojecting strap G, having a raised portion g and aV downward bend g', the extreme lower end of this bend being jsecured between the cheek-plates by a transverse bolt g".

. VH is a box-strap secured tothe cheeksiu the manner shown in Fig. 3, the horizontal terminations h h of said strap having secured upon them a plate I, that supports adonbletree, (indicated by the dotted lines J.)

` The dotted lines j j indicate holdback straps or chains connecting the doubletree with hooks K K of the bow B.`

L is a bolt connecting the strap g and plate I andl serving as a pivotfor the doubletree, a hook l beingapplied to this bolt for the attachment of a chain leading back tothe vehielo-body.V This chain is indicated by the dotted lines M and serves to support the pole attachment from said body fm.

N is apin passing through the strap G and entering'a hole made lvertically in theA buttend O of a wagon pole or tongue, and n is a chain connecting lsaid pin with a staple n' of theupper cross-bar F. o

P is a bolt passing vertically through the pole and adaptedto bear against the crossssk bars F F when the team is backed, by which ICO through said clips and the eyes i) b' of the bow B, thereby readily coupling the latter to the front axle A, and as the doubletree J is usually fastened to the plate I there is nothing more to be done than to fasten the chain M to the body m, insert the pole-butt O between the cheek-plates D D', and pass the pin N through the strap G and down into said butt. A

When the team is pulling, the strain comes upon the pivot L, and is thus transferred to the cheek-plates D D', which plates in connection with the braces ff' have a drawing action on the bow B. This bow then pulls on the clips a a.' and advances the'vehicle; but when the team backs the bolt Pbears directly against the cross-bars F F', and the braces ff' then maintain the cheek-plates in a proper position and prevent them springing either to the right or left. Again, the four cross-bars F F' H I serve as ties that bind the cheek-plates together in a very secure manner, thereby rendering them mutually supporting and better able to resist the wedging action of the butt-end of the pole when the vehicle is backed.

Before running the vehicle into a stable the 'y pole is slipped out of the socket formed by the members D D' F F' H I, and, if preferred, the chain M can be unhooked to permit the attachment being suspended from the front axle, or the device can be swung up and held by'said chain from the vehicle-body m.

By reversing the above-described operations the attachment can lbe bodily removed and the shafts refastened to the vehicle. Finally, the hole h" in the cross-bar H is to permit the head of the pivot L being passed up through said bar before said head comes to a bearing in the upper cross-bar I.

I claim as my inventionl. A slip-tongue attachment including av single, undivided bow having an eye at each end; cheek-plates secu red upon said bow; and

four cross-bars connecting said plates, the rear, upper bar being perforated to admit a doubletree-pivot, all as herein described.

2. A slip-tongue attachment including a bow B, having a pair of eyes b, b'; cheekplates D D' secured upon said bow; four crossbars F, F', H I, connecting said plates; a strap G running back from the bar F, and provided with a raised portion g, and having its rear end iixed; and a doubletree-pivot L, connecting the plate I, and said raised portion g, all as herein described, and for the purpose stated.

3. A slip-tongue attachment including a bow B, having a pair of eyes b, b; cheekplates D D', secured uponsaid bow; four crossbars F, F', H, I, connectingsaid plates; a strap G g g', extending back from the cross-bar F; a doubletree-pivot L connecting the bar I and raised portion g of said strap; and braces f, f', extending from the cross-bar F', to said bow B, all as herein described, and for the purpose stated.

4. A slip-tongue attachment including a single, undivided bow having an eye at each end; cheek-plates having lateral extensions secured upon said bow; and four cross-bars connecting said plates, the rear, upper` bar being perforated to ad mit a doubletree-pivot, all as herein described.

5. In a slip-tongue attachment including a single, undivided bow having a pair of cheekplatcs mounted upon it, in the manner described, the box-strap H secured to the exteriors of said plates, and provided with horizontal extensions h, h", supporting a crossbar I, traversed by doubletree-pivot,all as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence ot' two witnesses.

DANIEL BARDUA.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. LAYMAM, E. J. BABBITT. 

